Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The use of the telephone is fast increasing in Germany. Berlin alone has 5,507 stations.
 Anarchist Most doesn't like the prison he has just got out of as we'll as he did European prisons. He will find little opposition if he wishes to go back to European prison.
 A Texas legislator complained the other day in bitter speech that none of the news papers would set him right, and the papers at once acknowledged that it required high CT power than that possessed by newspapers to set the average legislator right.
 The conspirators against the Darlington Publishing company were sentenced yester- day. They have reason to feel that they have been leniently dealt with, and there is nothing that savors of vindictiveness or op- pression in their punishment. Judge San lords remarks before delivering the sentence were forcible and impressive.
 In regard to the importation of manufac- lures and other foreign products made by the countries of the American continent aside from our own nation, the statement is made that $420, COG, 900 of these are annually received in Mexico and South America, but that of the amount only about $50, ,00O, or one-fourteenth part, is supplied by the United States. There has been a good deal of talk about this condition of affairs. It is about time to do something.
 A bill was unanimously passed by the Del aware house of representatives last week under the terms of which inward bound ves- sels, in tow and without pilot, must lie five hours at the breakwater for pilot before proceeding up the river without one. "This," says the Philadelphia Telegraph, 'is but trife nearer to what can only be properly described as piracy than other enactments by the Delaware legislature which have for their object the enforced contribution of the com- merce of the city of Philadelphia to the SUD- port of certain Delaware pilots."
 John Wanamaker of Philadelphia has 3, 800 employees who share in the success of his bus mess. He virtually takes those who have been seven years in his service in quasi partnership by allowing them to participate in division of a portion of the profits of the years business. The salesmen and sales women who do not come into this division
 
 term of service are taken into the less inti- mate but profitable and stimulating relation ship which entities them to share in the gross receipts of the business by means of percentages on sales.
 Prof. Auer von Welsbach of Austria is the inventor of burner for producing, by means of ordinary Illuminating gas, light resem- bling that of the incandescent flament in the electric bulb. The gas is burned in Bunsen burner and maintains at white heat & cap or hood of zireonia, which in conse- quence emits a brilliant light. Fifty-six of these burners were recently tried at the Marlborough gallery of paintings in London and were in all respects satisfactory. A consumption of two and half feet of gas per hour yielded light of eighteen candles entirely free from smoke, showing all colors equally, and perfectly noiseless.
 Joseph Smith, son of the original Mormon prophet, is not polygamist. Said he in a sermon Sunday: am identified with peo- pie many of whom have gone over with the extremists and cast their lot with the advo- cates of plural marriages. desire to state publicly that 1 am not of their number This question of polygamy has bothered the Amer ican nation for years, and it is the ambition l of every statesman to solve the problem. As